The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOtTRNALS. We have received a letter from a respectable house engaged in the Spite Melds silk-trade. The declared ob ject of the writers is to vindicate themselves front a Charge which had h'een' made against them at a late meet ing of the journeymen, to the effect that "they were de cidedly apposed to any advance of wages." It appears as if the house in riiiestiou was more afraid of the unpo pularity alneng their work-people, resulting from such an unrdration ' than of any discredit which could be at tar.ned to t hem on account,of it in the minds of impar tial reasonable men. Every master manufacturer strives' to pay the lowest wages for which he can pro cure competent . hands : with every journeyman it is the acknowledged and natural endeavour to obtain from his employerthe highest possible remuneration for his industry : on both sides it is a struggle of adverse interests, deter mined only from time to time by the pressure of that common and paramount interest which fortes them to meet at some intermediate Point, on pain of any one party find• ing his capital, and the other his skill, unproductive, lf, therefore, our correspondents had been truly represented as opposing an advance of wages, we can see nothing to be liferred from such a fact, but their flattering , themselvee that they' could get their work well executed for the wages which they were already paying. It is pure non sense to mix up• fine sentiment with such matters, and to blame merchants or tradesmen for the rule of busi ness which leads them to obtain the greatest possible ad vantages at the lowest possible price. Nor, as a general principle of action, can any injustice be the fruit of it.-- The gentlemen to whom we are alluding have no mono poly of the silk trade, nor are we aware, of any trade in which an individual house has the power of fixing the sate of wages. If A. "or B.- refuses the market-price, he gets no hands, or hands of inferior quality, and there is an end of it, until he raises his offers to something near the general level. Competition is, in thiii respect, the true medicine for an excess of the cupidity out of which it arises. But, with regard to our correspondents, what is the feet ? The " lowest wages" which they are paying at this moment will put in the power of one loom to earn 15s. er 17s. W. per week--.-not much, certainly, nor in deed sufficient to ensure a long supply of silk-weavers in London, where such wages will hardly enable a single person to live with decency, much less if he be married, and have children. However, we are informed that in most cases a family has two or more of such looms. If this be correct, and that 15s. per week be the lowest rate of wages, we are disposed to ask, whether there must not be exaggeration in some of the statements circulated on the subject of Spitalfields distress ? How far the gentle men above referred are warranted in the assertion that French silks generally can rival our own fabrics in the market of this country, with a weight upon them of 3.5 per ceot., we shall not now examine: the import trade is yet but young, and experience not well enough establish ed to adrnit,of our refuting a misrepresentation by turning to a Custom-house report.—Times. To xne EDITOIt or Trtx TlNtEs..—Sir,—Ytlttr Paper a few days since contained an account of the proceedings of a large meet nig of journeymen wearers, held for the purpose of " resisting the attempts of such of the masters as were paying less than the book prices for their work, and of providing a fund to support those who might be thrown out of work for refusing to accept a re duced rate of wages." Whether or' not it is reasonable that the weavers should continue to have the " book prices," considering that the trade is in so de pressed a state—that 'Trench and East India good! are brought into competition with those of English manufacture—and that, during the year and a half of brisk trade which followed the re peal of the Spitalfields' Act, they .obliged the masters to pay them more than the "boOk prices"—it is not our object particularly to inquire, but to correct an erroneous statement respecting ourselves in the account referred to. it appears to have been reported to the mcetirg, that we were " decidedly opposed to any advance." We beg to say, that we have never made any such declaration. To the deputation that waited neon us, we stated, " that we were no advocates for very law prices; but that, however desirable it might he that all mas ters should pay alike, we thought they would had is diffteult to accomplish it." That the public may not he deceived upon this subject, allow us to add that the lowest prices we are paying at this moment will futshte one loom to earn lbs. or 171. 6d. per week, without t . i , erkirig extra hours. That in most cases a family has two or more of these looms, and that within the last six weeks we have had many refusals to take work at these prices. W 5 are, Sir, your most obedient servants, WILSON, MOORE, & ROBINSON. Milk-street, Cheapaide, Aug. 8. It seems rather too much to require that the Lord Chancellor should add to his other grave arid solemn of fices that of a theatrical. manager. Yet it appears that be has got into that line of business ; and his management, if not very successful, promises to be very extensive. He said, during the bearing, of the cause Const v. Harris, on 'Wednesday, "MC 'knew no instance of a theatre being brought into the Court of Chancery before that. of the 'Royal Circus, in the time of Lord Thurlow; but as in this great commercial country business of all kinds had very much increased, so it was found, in consequence of the above precedent, he supposed the Drury-lane, the Haytnarket, Covent-garden, the Royalty, the Opera house, and several other theatres, had been successively brought into Court." He added, that "it had fallen to his lot to be engaged with theatres - for some years, for which no allowance was ever made." Thus it is evident that the Learned Lord is in danger of being invested with a very troublesome, 'and, as he describes it, a very unpro fitable appointment - that 'of Manager-general of all thea tres ! and may be under the necessity of assuming the buskin while' seated on the Woolsack—a combination which the prophetic wisdom of Lord' Bacon never dreamt of, and which:would have startled even the imagination of Sfilkapeare. Indeed, if the duties of this new avoca tion increase upon the Learned Lord, it will be necessary to annex a " green room" to the Court of Chancery, where all the arrangements and scandal of the manage ment may be talked over; nor should we .be surprised to hear Mr. Heald and Mr. Shadwell oftener quoting Shaks peare and Otway, than Coke upon Littleton. Whether such practice would facilitate the business of the Court may be doubted; but it is certain that it would render its proceedings far more entertaining. The Lord Chancellor, however, speaks with so much modesty on the subject, that- we are afraid that he will never have assurance enough to make a successful manager. He says, in refer ence to Covent-garden, " the Court had endeavoured, to some extent, to manage the theatre itself, but had made sad work of it." We suspect there is no other manager in the kingdoni would wa k e th e same admission. We have heard a great deal of late of the extravagant salaries paid to the principal actors, but it is probable that the hugest share of the profits will, for a long time, go into the pockets of, the performers in the Court of Chancery. who deal' in fiction as largely as the dramatic poets, but are better paid for it.—Aforning Herald. Th e manner in which private A.ets of Parliament are, in general, passed, is a great scandal to the Legislature.— they are often quite unattended to, except by the persons interested in forwarding them, or those whom they have canvassed. The consequence is, that under the name of Private , Acts, the principles of public justice and the rights of individuals are frequently infringed upon, and 1 , sometimes totally subverted. The disgraceful scenes which took:place last session in the Committee Rooms, respecting .the pawl% of Joint Stock Company Bills, a re still fresh in the public reeollection. The exhibition of sordid passions—the cupidity—theigue—the scram ntri blie g for profitable jobs--which made• tant sharesif Committee business, np the most reflectedimpor deep disgra ce .o upon a g reat proportion of our Representati ves—wit . showed themselves not only destitute of the higher qua lities of Senators, but f or g etful of the decent habits and honourable sentiments of gentlemen. These practices prOve to what a head the evil of vicious and interested legislation had obtained by long and corrupting usage-- for uniseppily the records of local law -making demonstrate theta), mischief , is.not of recent origin.We see in stancean of its effects, in producing what may be called a denial of justice, in a trial on the Oxford circuit, which we reported in our paper of Wednesday. The case. to which we allude, is that of Cooke v. Leonard and Coles, whiCh was an action brought by a poor man, a labourer, against two constables of . the town of Stroud, for false imprisonment. By the case, as detailed, in evidence, it was sufficiently plain, that the village " Dogberrys " had indul ged themselves in an abuse of their authority, by inflicting on the poor man, who was not shown to have been guilty of any offence—a broken head; and the cooling applica tion of a night's imprisonment. For this iury, the plain tiff sought redress at. the hands of a Jury which, no doubt, they would have given him, had not a pri vate Act of Parliament stepped between the plaintiff and public justice, and forbidden it. In a case of this kind, a farthing damages would carry costs, but the poor man did not obtain even a farthing, and instead of procuring re dress, be - has got a good round sum to pay—perhaps, the amount of two years' wages, in the expences of the action. And what is this private Act,of Parliament? It is an Act for paving the town of Stroud, which contains a. clause that all officers acting under it shall be entitled to a formal notice of action. This puts the constables of Stroud so far on a level with magistrates in general. It gives them a privilege which British subjects, merely as such, have not. If it was right to do this, why was it done by a private Act of Parliament, of which nobody knew any thing but those who were interested in its ope ration ? Had this been done by a public Act Of, Parlia ment, it would have been matter of public notoriety, and the professional agent of the poor matt would have com menced the action accordingly ; but who was to suppose that an Act for paving the streets of Stroud was to con tam a clause that would protect a constable, who had committed an insult and false imprisonment, from 'the le gal consequences of his misconduct, unless the action was commenced in an extraordinary manner ? For our own part, we cannot conceive what legal affinity there is be tween the paving the streets of Stroud, and the breaking the head and imprisoning the body pf one of the King's liege subjects. The Judge admitted that the defendants had acted illegally, but was of opinion that, under the private Act, they were entitled to notice of action, and therefore the plaintiff could not recover. The poor man was of course nonsuited. It is probable that the ex penees of this unfortunate attempt to' obtain redress for his personal wrongs may prove his utter ruin, by the se verity of the expence; at all events, it is not likely he will be able to commence proceedings anew, and in the mean time the official violators of the peace way amuse themselves by other experiments on the skulls of their humbler fellow-subjects. In many private Acts, like that of Stroud, there have been slyly introduced clauses at va riance with the established rules and principles of justice, and by many of them, frem time to time, even new felo nies have been created. If this practice is not put a stop to, Magna Charts itself may be silently abolished by a Turnpike Bill or a Paving Act.—lbid. The principle of the Lord Chancellor's decision in the case ex-parte Sillitoe, seems as: difficult of discovery as Gammer Gurton's needle. It formed again the subject, of discussion in the Vice-Chancellor's Court yesterday.— Mr. Hart, wishing to. open the eyes of his Honour, began by stating in all humility, that he conceived the principle had been mistaken; and after a recital of the case, he ended by declaring that the decision was without any principle at all. " It had been decided by the 'Vice-Chancellor's Court according to the law as it then stood, and as it . had stood from time imnie morial ;" but " an appeal from this decision was carried before the Lord Chancellor; and his Lordship, after a mature consi deration of all the circumstances, reversed that decision ;" but "f he, thought it was decided more with reference to the particu lar circumstances than to the general principle." The distinction then between the Vice-Chancellor and Mr. Hart is, that the latter has so far improved on his Honour, as to be able to say positively that the decision is independent of all principle, while his Honour could only get the length of declaring his inability 'to discover any. The Lord Chancellor is too - subtle to be bound by any principle ; the boaped tail of a pig does not more sue- 1 cessftilly elude the grasp. Where some of • the partners of ' a bankrupt concern carry on a separate business, accord ing to the principle of former decisions, they are entitled to. prove as in the case of one separate trader with another. So sten& the principle. Bot, if the bankrupt concern be inoney-broking, or banking, and the other be traffic in some other commodity, the advance of any thing hut money to the bankrupt-houseis separate trading; but the advance of money, according to, the Chancellor, is " a wheel of the same machine,"--that is, the commodity in which the bankrupt house dealt. Suppose a farmer to be in partner ship with a cornAealer ' which concern becomes bankrupt, and to claim to prove for a thousand' quarters of wheat, sold and delivered, would the claim be rejected, as the wheat was a wheel of the same machine, while he might prove for acceptanceS of the house to third parties, received by him in the course of his separate business ? if identity of commodity, furnished with the commodity in which the Bankrupt concern deals, is to operate hi bar of proof, this difficulty will soon he got over in, London Liverpool, or Glasgow, Or any other trading town. His Honour pro mised, however, to try his hand at the ease once more, and, by way of encouragement to him, Mr. Montague observed, " He thought he had at last discovered the principle of these cases, which was to operate in bar of proof; and that was, that partners might prove unless in cases where the dealings of each were intended for the joint benefit of all." The old Schoolmen are beat hollow by these Chancery Doctors. We wonder whether the Lord Chancellor will also try his hand at discovering his own principle. . It has often been said, that Homer's Commentators discovered many meanings in him that he never had; but Homer bad not, like the Lord Chancellor,•an opportunity of con ting his Commentators.-llforning Chronicle. LADY HESTER STA,NHoPt.—During this' Lady's residence at Palmyra, she gave a kind of fete to the Bedouins.— The great Scheik, with his tribe of Paltnyrene Arabs, constantly resides at the Ruin ; their habitations ..are fi xed near the great temple ; they are very well disposed, and civil in their manners, and their young women are remarkable, above all the other tribes, for their beauty. It was a lovely day, and the youth of both sexes, dressed in their gayest habiliments, were seated in rows on . the fragments of the pillars, friezes; and other ruins, with which the ground was covered.— Her Ladyship, in her eastern dress, walked among tlient, addressed them with the utmost affability, and ordered a dollar to be given tonal. As she stood with all that Arab array, amidst the columns of the great Temple of the Sun, the sight was picturesque and imposing ; and the Bedouins hailed her, with the enthusiasm, Queen of Palmyra, Queen of the Desert ! and in their enthu siasm, would have proceeded to confer more decided marks of sovereignty ; but they were declined. They speak of her now with the utmost veneration 'and respect. They also retain another mark of her bounty, one which out-_ of regard for her countrymen, she might well have spared. The great Scheik re ceived from her a paper, in her hand -writing, in which she di rects him to demand a thousand piastres of every traveller who vitits the ruin. The Scheik newer fails to enforce this counsel, and displays the paper, with the addition, that the great lady, the Queen, said, that the English travellers were rich, and that they ought to pay well for the privilege of seeing Palmyra. This enormous tax, which it is impos sible to escape, causes several travellers to leave Syria without seeing the finest ruin in the world. One, indeed; of no small eminence, absolutely refused to pay it, telling the Seheik, who drew the mandate from his bosom, that the great lady had no right whatever over his purse, and that she showed little wisdom in leaving such a mandate in his hands. He passed four days at Palmyra, and would have left it as wise as he came, if he had not made a compromise with the chief, and consented to pay half the MD. The Arabs , though they would not person all y in j ure hm, did no t su ff er hi m to l eave t h e b u t ; an d at last placed some wood t the I caul: a ft n i d t i a t t he fag io r ! b o ore t f s round the walls, and, setting them on fire, filled a ti t i l e ke tr n e o v r ell se evi a ti d su w c u h e t l , o b u li d ged s oftosmogikvee, wthiayt.....he Ca O nal ll 's t Le he tte 2 r 4t s l ult , at. midnight , from the East. Mau beuge was visit e d: h the town of electric fluid struck y a tremendous s torm. The two hours. ' with such force the lightning con ductor of the gunpowder • that a who was near it, - was magazine, a cent..",el, knocked down , and remained senseless for nearly REPRESENTATION OF SURREY. The return of I‘lr. PaDiner was celebrated by the freeholders in Chertaey and its neighbourhood, on Monday, the 31st ult. At two o'clock Mr. Pallmer's carriage crossed the bridge. At the entrance of the town the horses were taken off by a number of athletic young men; who attached themselves to the barouche, containing the worthy member , h is lad y , and their nephew, Mr. F. Dawson, . Mr. Briscoe, Mr. R. Edgell, and Mr. W. Bell, attended on horseback, their hats and horses' heads decorated with laurel; followed by the carriages of Mr. Wyatt Edgell and Mr, Briscoe, similarly adorned, accompanied by a great concourse of people, displaying banners - inscribed with "Pallmer and Virtue ; " ." Pallmer, the Friend of the Poor ;" " Pallmer and the Laies of Surrey." The dinner was prepared at the oppo site extremity of the town, in a field adjoining the King's Arms, where a large shed and tfiree spacious tents scarcely accommo dated the freeholdeis. These were tastefully ornamented 'with wreaths of oak and laurel, garlands of flowers, and bunches of • heath ; and above the chairman and his deputy, at each end of the table, were inscribed the mottos of " Pallmer and Independ ence," and " If ever there was a free election, it has been this. A hedge of laurel concealed the boundary of the field, and a trium phal arch of interwoven sweets and evergreens marked the ap proach. As the carriages drew up a simultanetius expression of heartfelt congratulation burst from the by-standers. Mr. PaLLMER, before alighting from the carriage, addressed the assembled multitude, assuring them of his neverceasing recol lection of the reception which they had given him : he unaffect edly disclaimed all right or pretension to the honourable terms with which they had been pleased to unite his name. A simple, but substantial repast, had been abundantly pro vided, and about 140 --Freeholders sat down ; Edgell Wyatt Edgell, Esq.., took the Chair. The healthy of the King, the Duke of York and Army, the Duke of Clarence and Navy, having been drank with the usual honours, - The Clia/aMAN rose to assure the meeting of the happiness he enjoyed in presiding at such an assemblage in that particular spot. It was an assembly of respectable freeholders in the place of his nativity. They were endeared to hiehtert alike by early associa tions and subsequent intercrittrie. He need hardly remind them that their mutual parishes had united, had fought,. and had conquered together, on the occasion • they now met to com memorate. But it appeared to his mind a remarkable coin cidence, that their union and their triumph in the cause of inde pendence had actually occurred on the anniversary of those days, when their brave Ancestors demanded and obtained the invaluable covenant of liberty and justice, entitled the Magna Charta. Such recollections shed additional luerre on the late conflict ; and similar motives suggested the toast he was about to give them in the health of their worthy representative, Mr. Pannier. This toast was received with universal applause, and was cordially joined by a party of ladies, including the wives and daughters of the principal guests, who happened to take their seats at the table while their excelleut Chairman was in the act of de livering his speech. Mr. PALLAIER, in returning thanks to the company, declared that he had neither time nor power to describe the gratification which he derived from the scene before him—so• different in its nature from any other. The most brilliant sun of one of the finest summers seemed at once to gild the fields of rural industry which surrounded them, and to shine on the harvest of their po litical foils. He was most grateful to the friends whom •he ad dressed ; and he heartily wished he could condense his feelings, as their kind Chairman had done in his short but most affecting speech. As he had done nothing whatever to deserve their kind ness, it was to the future he must look for the means of showing his gratitude. At the head of their hospitable board he saw two individuals, known and dear to them by their public virtues and private worth ' • they were, for the present, his pledges ; and they had incurred for him a responsibility which it should he the busi ness of his life to redeem. At en. end of their long table he saw his name connected with 9 Independence ;" at the other extremity he read, "If ever there was st pure election it was this." These two, principles like his two friends, were his sureties to his con stituents. Exulting in those iirinciples, he would boldly ask, what vote had been given at the late election in his favour from de pendence, from fear, from reward, or under any other influence whatever fhan the most pure and independent self-will ? Long, very long, might the freeholders of Surrey continue to act upon such principles; and if he (Mr. Pannier) should, in the slightest degree, appear to desert them, -might he be made a conspicuous and memorable example of thealiegrace which belongs to such deser tion ; he would he at all times most ready to resign his trust when his constituents should require him to do so. tie would challenge no yessons—he would not presume to talk of ingratitude. 'flu, representative was secountable to his constituent, not the con. stituent to his representative: and 'those who thought otherwise were, in his humble but decided opinion, quite unacquainted with the rights and the liberties, and the constitution of the coun try. He concluded by giving ". The freeholders of Chertsey." Mr. PALLMER then proposed the health of the Chairman, Mr. Wyatt Edgell. He called upon the meeting to join him in thank ing him for the truly British sentiments which he had delivered that day in the presence of his family, who had appeared at the moment, as if it were ordained that they should have the happi hese of surrounding him whilst , he uttered them, and in wishing that ' the legacy of loyalty and liberty which he had received from his ancestors might be long the inheritance of his posterity, enriched; as it bad been in his hands, by alt the virtues and the charities of private life. Mr. Eeosee, in a few words, feelingly acknowledged the compliment just pitieto him by hie brother freeholders. An appropriate song— . • • " We have met at the feast, and the full cups are flowing.- " The meadow our carpet, thetent for our hall." . . was then admirably sung by one of the company, all present join ing in the chorus. Mr. Bitscoe next requested 'permission to propose a toast. He saw, with equal pleasure, the inscriptions at each end of the table, which bad been alluded to, and he thought they could not be reminded too often that a freer ,and fairer election had never been known—a more full and unequivocal expression of the feel ings of the county had never been manifested: There had been no time for his Hon. Friend to institute a canvass—he had not himself solicited a vote ; and when the day of election came he could build no claims on the foundation of former Parliamentary services.. He could not appeal to the past as en evidence of the future—be could only offer general professions of-good-will, and give promises as the pledges of his conduct. But such was the confidence of the Surrey. freeholders in these professions and these promises, knowing, as they well did, that private character was the best security of public worth and political integrity, that they had elected him their representative by a large and proud majority. , Now, what were the principles professed by Mr. Pallmer, and so much valued by his electors? They were principles of honest and perfec). independence, and, for his own part, 'he had been attached to.these principles from the time be was first capable of guiding and governing, his own actions and opinions. He believed that his Honourable Friend, however friendly his sen timents now, were to the views of the present administration, would yet withdraw his , support whenever it deviated into a line of conduct at variance with.the public good. Ile rejoiced to find in the new Parli a ment above 50 independent representatives of the people, and among them he observed the name of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, and he hoped his Hon. Friend and that Gentleman would he frequently found voting and acting in con cert. He then, after expressing his attachment to the neighbour hood where they were met, and to the individuals by whom he was surrounded, assured them how deeply interested they all were in the cause of Independence, and that if they expected to be duly represented in time to come, they must take care to return their Members rightly. As belonging to the University of Oxford, he had long admired the honourable manner in which its representa tives were chosen—the candidate neither incurring any expence, nor being permitted to muss ; and he wished every body of con stituents would follow their p u r e example. He trusted it would, at a future period, be arlopted by this county ; and, should he live to witness another election, be would co-operate with those who were agreed that our present Member, if he walked steadily in the path he had hitherto pursued, should not be allowed to repeat those sacrifices he had already made-. (to use his own words), .$ as his contribution to the cause of independence," and in behalf of his fellow-subjects. For their sake, also, he had sacrificed that ' re tirement which he loved...he might say, that domestic paradise which he had formed—that dedication of his time to literature dearest by i nprerro•epsoLing4, n and science. He tha n k e d the meeting for their patience, and concluded atoas e r t, ree th drn eomo:ntdirmuporirtanty oft E to lee o t u ie r n hes .s. t and upon the P e A:z p t y, sai l d ie , m th ith at e w al ith , m th ee ey t w the er i e r i e ni n j p e a y ti in er i a t i p l o h n it th u e n m, wil o i ! n r g a n t eas her ta h i e n t: l s e t The next toast was--i 4 The Health of Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe." very t i t r e p in rai w ees hic o h f , th w er i nse th i t v h e is s toaseestm.edTfilhiede with these two excellent persons : whilst the oldest inhabitants of the place seemed t° feel pleasure in recounting t h e public and private merits of the ancestors of this lady, the smile of grateful h a ppiness i beamed upon the countenance o f a ll aged wh en she para. ' He hoped sincerely th at t h e ne i g hbourhood of Cherts e y i might 1 .ong enjoy the blessings of their society, and that the coof Surre y . county might long possess an individual, who, though susceptible of feel ings of friendship which must do honour to any ' wo uld ne ver man, allow them to influence him in his pure and independent pure suits of the good of his country. The toast was received *Atli ' the most enthusiastic applause. Mr. Baiscoa returned thanks. In behalf of his wife, the de scendant of a firm friend of the people, and who had for several succeeding Parliaments been their able and independent represen tative, be entreated them to accept his heartfelt thanks, and his assurance that his own heart overflowed with gratitude for the esteem and affection they had ever conferred upon her family. He felt that feeble and slender were the services he could ever hope to render them ; such as they , were, they might command them to the uttermost. The company soon left the dinner table, and the merry national country-dance was almost immediately set on foot at the furthest end of the meadow. Several dances were led off by Mrs. Pall mer and Mrs. Briscoe, in which near l y all present joined. A more joyous scene it would have been impossible to witness; and the festivities were prolonged-to a late hour. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Atta. 10. EX-YARTI CASTEL, IN THE MATTER OF WENTWORTH, CHA- LONIER, AND OTHERS, BANKRUPTS. The partners, Wentworth, Chaloner, Rishwortb, (senior and junior), and Hartley, carried on business at York, as bankers, and the same parties, with the exception of Hartley, were bankers at Wakefield. There had been extensive transactions between the two houses,and for all the advances which the York house had made to that of Wakefield, interest was alhnied. When the two houses became bankrupt, there was a balance of 110,9801. due from the Wakefield house to that at York ; and the petition before the Court was; that the York house might be allowed to prove for that sum against the estate, of the house at" Wakefield. The case was the same in principle as some others which his Honour had already heard. Mr. Haar, fur the petitioners, observed, that all the cases which had been decided had admitted the principle that a partner in one business could prove against his partner in another, where the debt arose out of dealings between them in the way , of their respective trades. This, however, was thought to be affected by the decision of Lord Eldon, in- the cio - e " Exparte Sillito in the matter of Goodchild ;" but he (Mr. Hart) contended that that decision was not contrary to the general principle of the eases al ready decided. His Honour had decided in that case, that it came within the principle of the others, and that proof of the debt ought to be allowed; but on an appeal to the Lord Chancellor, his Lordship took a different view of it, and (but without affecting the general principle of all the other cases) was of opinion that the par • titular circumstances were sufficient to take it out of that prin ciple. These' circumstances, as his Honour would recollect, were these :—The two persons named Jackson carried on business as bankers along with Goodchild at Bishop-Wearmouth, and also at London, but under a different name, and the same parties were partners in each; but it appeared that the Jacksons also carried on business as ironmongers on their own account, and without any connection with their partners in the bank. The banks be came embarrassed, and not being able to raise money by discount at the Bank of England, on their acceptances as bankers, the Jacksons did so on their credit as ironmongers, and in that way were enabled to assist the bank for some time. When the bank failed,. the question was raised, whether they (the Jackson.) could prove against the estate of the bank for the money so advanced. His Honour was of opinion that they ought, but the Lord Chan cellor thought that, it not being a transaction in the way of business, hut merely an advance from some of the partners, iu their private character, to assist themselves in their character as bankers, they ought not to be allowed to prove, and he reversed his Honour's decision. The case of " Sillito," if he had thus fairly stated the facts, would not, he submitted, be sufficient to warrant the refusal of the present motion, because it was admitted that the debt in, in this ease, arose out of regular dealings, in the way of the i r business, between the two houses of York and Wakefield. . ,The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that Mr. Hart had stated the particulars of the case of " Sillito" correctly. The principle on which the petition now before the CoUrt rested was the same as that in two or three others which he had heard. He would, therefore, look over all the cases which had been cited, and give his judgment on all together. Mr. Morersou (who was in one of the other cases referred tn) observed, that he had given a great deal of attention to the case of " Sillito," and he took the principle of the decision of the Lord Chaticellor in it to he this—that a debt from partners in one firm to partners in another, was provable under all circumstances, unlesss it appeared that the dealings in both were for the joint benefit of all, that was-.—to use the metaphor of his Lordship— , unless they were wheels of the same machine. Judgment deferred. 'fliers . was another petition in the cue, that Mr. Chaloner might be allowed to prove a debt of 45,0001., on his own private account, as against the Wakefield Bank, he being a debtor to the same amount on his private account to the Bank of York : but it was asked that he should not conic in till after the general creditors were satisfied. This part rests upon the general principle of the others, and will be decided with them. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.--A very dingy matron, in brownish black ea limanco, and a very dusty bonnet of the same colour and material, was placed at the bar as an incorrigible disorderly. She had been given in charge to her attendant constable by one Mr. John Dickie, a douce elderly of the Land o' Cakes, .for mobbing him and boxing his ears with a bucket) .4 This is No. 14 on the list, please your Worship ;—Mrs. Frances Dickie, .and her h'usband appears against her, said the constable. " Aweel, she's na wife o' mine," said Mr. Dickie, slowly climbing into the witness-box—his palsied head noddling as tho' it would tumble off his shoulders.—" She's na wife o' mine, God be thankit ! and Dickie's no the name she's ony title to. Her real name is Fratincees Webb." " Well, never mind her name—tell us what she has done," said the Alderman. " Gin I were to tell yea she's done, ye'd be a wearie body," replied Mr. pinkie ; "but she gets bermel in think, ye'll ken, and when she's fou she smashes a' that comes in her way—forbye dinging my ears wi' the bucket; though I'm fain to flatter her like a chield !" • " Ah, you false old wretch," said the lady,—" hav'n't I nursed you and comforted you, and done every thing for you these twelve years? And hav'n't I brought all sorts of scandals upon myself for you ?—you false old wretch ?" "Will ye haud ye'r tongue, ye auld jad ?" cried Mr. Diekie, in a tone of command ; and lowering his voice, he added " I was na addressing myself to . y ou, ye ken." ' " If she is not yoir wife, why do you suffer her to come near you ?" asked the Aldermen. " I canna help it," replied Mr. Dickie ; " why do I suffer her to come ! the jad has twa legs o' her air!, and I canna help her cumin. No that I should parteecularly object to her. veesiting me in a douce.and proper manner at ony time; but she's sa kenspeckle that as soon as the neebors see her cumin they say, God ha' mercy upon poor Jock Dickie, for he'll got his fairin this night !' say they. Ye'd maist think she's deleerit, Sir, and I cairns bear it mil longer—forahe'll berry me out o' house, Name, and Bic a'thegitherl" The'couatable produced the bucket with which she had ding'd ' poor Mr. Dickie's ears; it was a good sized churn-shaped wooden bucket, painted dark green ; a very queer thing to box a man's ears with one would think; but the constable did say, that the neighbours told him, that that they saw her " dinging it about poor Mr. Dickie's ears in a very awful manner." 1 . Well, Mrs. Dickie—or whatever your name is," said - the" Alderman, " what is the reason you can't let this old gentles alone?" " It's the old gentleman that won't let me alone, your Worship !" replied the lady. " He's always after me, go where 1 will, though I left him long ago, and never wished to see him again." "0 !, ye'r a moist improp er peerson I" ejaculated Mr. Dickie. " Nay !" rejoined the la dy, " didn't you wri te a l e tt er , asking hts fromhi ed e e Th e w: e d ' 0 tilb g a Areehrdi, I do me to give you the meeting at Buckingham-gate, last week? And didn't I meet you? And didn't I give you my eompany the and and admitted that he did write whole day long at Chelsea?" consequences did ensue. " But," added he, " I did it to keep her awe f rom my ain house; .for I t't she wad be cumin till it every day, and I cou'dna bear expec t e such Mr. e Petiteckri,e groaned il t e n d at l'a s P u i c r h it' consen l'• the l ti " Oh, you false old man.exclai med . a y—..“ Di dn ' t ye crawl all the way to Battersea, yesterday morning, and wheedle 1 ?" me away from my friends the thoughts of tb*neehn.....rs seeing ony mair 0';. , . Mr. Di c kie groaned in sp i r it aga in ; but he did not deny hav ing crawled to Battersea--he !nerd.. 7 murmured something about a .. wa ist improper person ," and the Alderman pitying his di ogird've ofhimtrusomthttinof it," she y ah r e een re s p a li n ed :iny::: iefauts, mated the l a dy why she boxed his ears with the bucket 1 brought the bucket with me from Battersea, and he was only I h ad in it !" greens s e a sa n i d d i ; nY a i e n d e ; if hit Worship would postpone the ease, ve: : : r.D r ie fteu : i i s e l n n o wo w :u t a l l ec d'w i t a - red, that there Wa s not a wor d of truth in bring many witnesses who would swear that they con from her violence. he neWr coveted either greens orinyins Alderman, in n. d t:w gir eser r said, be had heard quite enough of it, and ()Aired that the ladies should find sureties for keeping the peace towards Mr. Dickie—.wherenpon, in great anger the ex claimed, " I can get no sureties, and surely you won't lock me, up ? I was once before in prison nine weeks and three days on his account !" But they did lock her up ; and as soon as 311 r. Dickie had seen the key safely turned upon her, he made his bee, and hastily left the office—glowering at the door of her prison as he passed, as though there was some chance of her pouncing upon him through the lrel-hole. BOW-STREET.—Alexander Black , a partner in the house of Young, Black, and Young, respectable booksellers and pub liehers, residing in Tavistock-street, Covent-gahlen, was eumnioned to answer the complaint of a poor woman named Haynes, %I ho charged the defendant with assaulting her son, a puny child only ten years of age, who accompanied hair? the office. The mother stated, thst on Tuesd a y e v e nin g last, the defend ant, for some imputed offence Of a trifling nature, struck the child, who was then in his employmer• as errand-boy, a violent blow en the side of the head, the effects of which were still visible. She also stated, that Mr. Young, another partner, on a recent °era sion, had horse-whipped her son mo st severely, and that he and Mr. Black were in the habit of using similar violence towards other boys who were in their employment. Sir RICHARD BIRNIZ.-Whill! horsewhip a poor weak ahild like this! Really, Mr. Black— Mr. Black.- r lf your worship will allow me to explain. Sir Ricuaitn BlRNlE.—Certainly, Sir, I wish you to do ea , Mr. Black.--In the first place, I know nothing of the horse whipping which the complainant mentioned. It might have bap pened, although I confess I doubt it very much. Complainant.—Oh, Mr. Young himself acknowledged haying horsewhipped the cbild when I taxed him with it. Mr. Black.—With respect to the present charge, I certainly admit that I struck the boy on the Meek, in doing which, b 1 be l - lieve, his head came in contact with the desk where. I eat, ut had no intention of hurting him ; the reason why I chastised bine was, because he was repeating the words of an indecent song , which he was in the act of writing out. Sir Ricuaan Btaxie.—This is no justificatio n of your con duct. You have no right to lay violent hands on boys is You r employment. England is a land of liberty, Sir, who.: th'e mein" eat shall find protection, And where the infliction of the whip is not to be tolerated. You must either find hail for the p tre sent assault, or satisfy this poor woman f or the blow you struci her son. Mr. Black, accompanied by the complainant and the child + then left the office. After some time, the mother returned, sad said that ahe was satisfied. In. the Times of Friday last, under the head of Bow-street , we gave the particulars of /he robbery of a Scotchinan, named Frazer, whose watch was snatched from his hand, run away with , and pawned at the shop of a man named Harris, in the Strand/ who refused to give it up, although aware of the lebbe r r' Several applications have since been made to the pawnboker. ha hut without effect, as be contends that th e transaction rms die his part, and that he knows nothing of the man whop ledged watches at his shop. The complainan t havin g stated the res b° ult of his application, through Conyers , the constable, said that was at a loss bow to proceed, and requested advice from the ies` gistrate. coanna M dtu r i . : M op t fa N tu s h, : eb u ira t ot t ittee o : bli s eervwervredeetlisntirotisigug•aslye witogu.itteerteherzei;,ihdaeennnatththtaletiacotanutbseliveicgtoelii., s He recommended, as Conyers de s p aired of finding out the petit' who ran away with the watch, that Harris should be iminediataq indicted as an accessory after the fact, ..nd the complainant asiG he was determined to act accordingly. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--Yesterday Mr. Lucas, cabinet-I, maker, of SS, Newrnan - stre et, Oxford-street, charged . strVir his journeymen, named Fa rthin g and Moir, with desertnt g g work, and seeking to injure h i m in hit business, by delta:o4l character. Mr. Lucas said, that alh o r t time back, he g ot an order /fur! the country for a half down of tables, two pier, a sofa one/ sou ( the others plain: he *greed t o have them ready by the ° f July, and employed these two men specially on them, Pr - yob. He found that these men, instead of attending to their Irt; had given themselves up to idling and drinking, and he was anus , the necessity of employing two'oth ers to complete the job ill their They did all they conk. to seduce the m en he employed horn fer work, by reporting that he (Mr. Lucas) would not pay thew akeir labour, and Farthing was much the more active of the rs ° in spreading these reports. In reply to this complaint the defendants denied dist thll had deserted their work, asserting that they had been disr.itt ed by Mr. Lucas, and Farthing said be was obliged to be llo w r from illness. Tt l e statuneut of Mr. Loess was canfirmarby his foranto.L.A M. Datavoirrox, the Magistrate, aid, it was dear this? violated their contract with their master to his injury uni convenience. . The defendant Moir being considered as misled, was fo;ri'Z i ' but. Farthing was ordered to be committed to the House af . ,..7 4 - 1 rection for a fortnight. The Magistrate, however, wadi ll' a he could make up the matter with his he wo w "- master, that enforce the sentence. An overture was accordingly made to Mi. Lucas by Mr. e T tne s° l ' solicitor in Bedford -street, on the part of Farthing/ b°l7;; Lucas would hearken to no apology. Mt, Ward having fliu"',l his effort to reconcile, now objected to the sentence of theetas::, state, on the ground that'Mr. Lucas had taken the law let° the own hands, and had determined the contract by diunitsieg the men ; besides, he maintained that there was an appeal feoril d in el i lj t is m lr io en .l3to 11 4 ; i 1 ; ; GT which said he he liu hid no joined doubt by llis o b f r ti: t e h l e e r gal mags ity. c t i rs . th t:, t he Hoskins; and Mr. - Ward urging that he would wish to hot on grounds of the objection argued by Mr. Alley, Mr. 11 11 '"g, i , said, that if Mr. Ward thought fi t to lay the case before Mr. Iti'd and that Mr. Alley wished to argue the objections, theY„:4 have no objection to hear him, but that the more he e 510„,".. the question, the more he was convinced of its legality' aed"" AIARLBOROUGII- STREET.--XxastoN OF Glogss }3 ll:, wru..—H.ry Dunn, a young man of very respeetsb k a° j drys possessing appearance, who has been in custody fur I °7r C. upon a charge of rubbing his employers, Messrs. Sewfil Cross, linen-drapers and ruescers in Compton-street/ S° att tiaK to a very extensive degree, was brought before Mr. Roes o aks Magistrate, for final examination, and a fans& name" Smith, also in custedy, was charged with being an actsJ.: the said robbery all , t O h r e ra e t t h h er er robb eries. pertyc which he , „watt to to f wili D c u h n b n i c ,h o aci nfess , confessed ii i‘hi t ir i s ni s e erosist if, i w nt l ' e tw n all h ' e eePhr go t t hawn le d se ivelr o f:;:tb°ll:t:A°;: :: h i: : had Yo b b ar for nun ans employersh that o ( r m tu i tn t i h e ) to g go to the country, on account of ill-healt h l bs t r set s u te r a o d ok o .i f tive doing t„ w so h , tr w e as he i s n pe du n ced t an by h S is in nit; andre m i ; in t .more, ‘Sitlo si cli a hie father had sent him to take him down to Hull ; a' his gold watch, and pledged all his own clothes to suPPV , ;b e ts, manda ; and he further stated, that on several goo stung with remorse at his crimes, he exclaimed in her 11° against his own perfidy, with a determination to reale' with imprecations threatened, that if he attempts ( ' t° 114. hand she would instantly have him hanged. for hire/ 4% The prisoner Dunn, who bad a solicitor attending , a mo'' dined saying any thing ; but Smith, with an air t,u4na-befoil indifference, said that she Could only tepeat whltt-sb ° a nd ib t told the o ffi cer, that Mr. Dunn gave her the thiltils' - about a dozen in number, including Smith's two knew uo more about them. 402; The prisoners were then committed fur trial, and th s" se " bound over to Prosecute. yokill The prisoner Smith is a very handsome and Ben tz t o 01' female, about 22 years of loo ke d wire the hocks, She never e r at Dunn, nor did be towards her, while they stood tuir th OO P bar. 'lt may not be uninteresting or useless to mention/ peoo first formed this fatal acquaintance. As we before ret" ) .L, t° „ is a native of Hull iu Yorkshire, and Smith °' borough, in the ,same county,. where , it is understood b} by 11 .4 0 a husband living. About six months ago Mute oil at evil genius to enter, about two O'clock In the .1e° 1 ,7 - I ,,„ilaeou,a those infernal houses called 4 ' Finishes!" in the liele" - A i r casi -• Covent-garden, the resort of all the flash va gaboods , :7.o. I) o , Ar ss Prostitutes, that infsit the tone. In dal* dso n T e nicol t ''''„ chanced to meet Smith, and their 'Yorkshire dialect . - „, d a l them of the same county, an acquaintance wo °°°'' gmi' shah which, on that morning, ended in an invitation froni Dunn should accompany her home, which h e di/ o ° l , lo l d compliance brought on himself an this Conseler ncet tailed. MARRIED. „,elau , On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras, Wilhite (- 41 °_.. 1- 0 $ tit° o man, Eaq., of Richmond, Surrey, to Elizabeth' , Y ‘ l "b ter of William Helder, Esq., of S.utiblit . ro J• pervants, On the lOth'inst.; at King ere, by the Rev Of - Mr. T. Agutter, of Deptford, to Elisabeth, diaugl' tel ford, Loam-pit-hill On the 9th at Bar b in EE ing -D. in gen t o .l4/3e ' James Fll' • • 1 , Esq. Printed and Publishod by YOUNG , at spa llo. I IS, Strand.